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AUGUST 5TH, 1948 FtiG H T pilots and mechanics, radio operators and ground personnel, which would greatly supplement the R.A.F. and .assist them- in maintaining and increasing the flow of essential goods to Berlin. v T.W.A. DOMESTIC SERVICE EXTENDEDT RANS World Airline Constellation service in the U.S. has now been extended to include Philadelphia and" Pitts- burgh; this brings the number of United States cities served by these machines up to ten. Two new Boeing Stratoliner flights and two DC-3 nights are included in the company's new schedules, which give a total now of 113 passenger nights daily- The revisions have been introduced to enable T.W.A. to cope with the heavy volume of summer holiday traffic and to provide increased service for travellers to and from the Democratic Party's Convention which began at Philadelphia early last month. BRITISH CORPORATIONS' OPERATING FIGURES '"TRAFFIC statistics for the three British corporations have - J- been released comparing the activity during April, 1948, F with the same month of 1947. The aircraft miles flown by the : three corporations show an increase of 25.7 per cent; the pas- ' senger miles increased by 39 per cent; mail ton-miles flown by i 19.7 per cent and freight ton-miles by 76.4 per cent. A marked I increase in freight ton-miles was flown by B.O.A.C., from I 405,000 in April, 1947, to 812,000 in April, 1948; this is partly ! due to the introduction of freighter services on the Australian and South African routes. Figures for B.E.A. showed a \ decrease from 66,000 to 47,000 mail ton-miles flown, and this I is accounted for by the falling off of troop mail carried on the I Central European routes. The use by B.E.A. of larger aircraft : for their internal services has resulted in a reduction of 20 per cent in aircraft miles flown but a passenger mileage figure which has risen from 6,467,000 to 10,629,000, i.e., 53 per cent compared with the same month in the previous year; the aver- age number of passengers per internal flight has risen from 4.6 to 8.7. AMBASSADOR AT NORTHOLT; The prototype Ambassador recently flew to Northo/t where it was inspected by B.E.A. officials. Mr. P. £. Gordon-Marshall was met by Mr. J. V. Wood, managing director of B.E.A. Other persons'1 in the group are: (Left to right) C°pt. W. Baillie, Capt. J. W. G. James, chief pitot of B.E.A., Lt. Wr. G. 0. Waters, O.B.E., general manager of B.E.A., and Mr. ]. H. Keeling, deputy chairman, B.E.A. BRABAZON FUEL TANK: Manufactured by Fireproof Tanks Limited, the picture shows the self-sealing wing tank for the Brabazon, the cover of which is being replaced after modification. BREVITIESI T has been officially announced in Wellington, New Zealand,that a group of British civil aviation experts are expected to travel to New Zealand to advise on the economic running ofits airlines and on organization of the New Zealand Department of Civil Aviation. * * * Five race-horses, valued at nearly ^9,000 were recently flown by T.W.A. from Paris to New York. Special stalls had been built in the aircraft for the horses which were under the supervision of a French groom and a T.W.A. cargo attendant. The flight was made without incident. * • * \ In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. G. R. Strauss, Minister of Supply, stated that no sale of jet engines or jet-propelled aircraft to the Spanish government was con- templated. Answering a further question, he said that no inquiry had been received from the government of Spain, but there had been some inquiry from a private Spanish firm. • • m I.A.T.A. has recently passed resolutions to the effect that the present basic fare between New York and London, due to expire at the end of August, should continue until March 31st. 1949. The fare is now $350 with a ten per cent reduction for the return flight, and it was originally planned to reduce it to $325 on September 1st. * * * ••-.••••.". Sir Harold Hartley, chairman of B.O.A.C, left Southampton on July 27th in a Plymouth ilying boat to visit marine air stations along the B.O.A.C. route to South Africa. Before leaving he denied rumours that flying boats would be replaced by Canadair Fours on this route. It was not expected, he said, that there would be any change-over until the Hermes came into service. '.?!-"".,' * • • ' ".'••- The number of passengers carried by T.W.A. on its domestic routes during June and the amount of passenger revenue earned during the month establishes a new all-time record for the company. The 123,299 revenue passengers carried represented a 10 per cent increase over the previous month and 77 per cent over February, 1948. The revenue of the company rose by 8 per cent above the May figure and 49 per cent over the February figure, amounting to a total of §4,643,928. * * # International Aeradio, Limited, are investigating possibilitiesof further development in a number of countries in the Middle and Far East. Commander Kenneth Kemble, commercialmanager of the company, arrived in Cairo on July 26th and will shortly proceed to resume negotiations already initiatedwith the governments of India and Pakistan. Commander Kemble is also to visit Bangkok and Rangoon, after which hewall go on to Australia via Singapore. International Aeradio, Limited, already hold the sole concession from the Burmesegovernment for the provision of Aeradio facilities. • • » Using Convair 240s, a new air service was inaugurated in Latin America by Pan American World Airways last month. The new machines are now exclusively being used on the Miami-Havana route and are replacing DC-4S for the daily service between Miami and Bermuda. One of the first machines to be launched was christened Clipper Bahamas by
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